Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] a [noun] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For him it now became less a place of protest than a refuge for failures , free-loaders and misfits . |
| 2 | He strolled forward , and Sabine fought down a prickle of apprehension . |
| 3 | He cobbled together a brunch of cold remains from the fridge , with lemon tea . |
| 4 | She beat down a gush of self-pity , knuckling away tears as she slid gingerly from the bed to make for the bathroom again . |
| 5 | She sucked in a double-lungful of air and screamed , but not in pain . |
| 6 | If the damage occurred over a period of time , there is no cover . |
| 7 | As the sun rose higher in the cloudless sky and the sea below took on an almost Mediterranean hue , Bert and Bella Rafferty and Celia and Brian Markham cracked open a bottle of champagne . |
| 8 | They cracked open a bottle of wine , and by the end of the night she was feeling very pleasantly mellow and totally convinced that the world was a supremely beautiful place . |
| 9 | During an overnight assault through the Alps we bounced off a wall of snow but , luckily , only lost the number on the driver 's door . |
| 10 | His sketching speed was amply illustrated at our meeting : at the request of The Independent photographer for a cartoon to be positioned against a picture of him , within seconds a huge Asterix bounced off a sheet of paper . |
| 11 | Another racking fit of coughing seized him , doubling him over and ending only when he retched up a gush of phlegm and blood . |
| 12 | Newman in one of the Tracts for the Times drew up a form of service , to be used on the anniversary of Ken 's funeral , whose central message was ‘ He gave to Caesar the things that be Caesar 's and to God the things that be God 's . ’ |
| 13 | Then , as though it were the most natural thing in the world , she heated up a kettle of pool water to do the washing up . |
| 14 | ‘ And he whistled up his cohorts after you 'd gone , ’ Sam complained , ‘ and they came with wet-suits and grappling irons and a heavy magnet and dredged up a lot of muck from the dock . |
| 15 | Its basis appears to have been that , although himself a master of one building trade only , like other leading master builders of the period he was prepared to build a whole house ‘ by the great ’ , performing the masonry himself and subcontracting the work of the other trades ; and he evidently built up a team of craftsman associates — joiners , carpenters , painters , plasterers — whom he called upon regularly in these circumstances . |
| 16 | In this way , these researchers built up a picture of life styles in Chicago at that time , especially those of certain deviant groups such as hoboes and gang-members . |
| 17 | The early emphasis upon the powerful house-trained group going about things the proper way built up a picture of group influence and success within the context of the play of a moderate and restrained politics . |
| 18 | In that way the Court was perhaps the institution which most successfully stamped its imprint upon the ECSC , and in so doing built up a body of case law , an authority , and legitimacy that could serve as foundations for the future . |
| 19 | She snatched up a square of tissue paper , deftly swung and twisted it round a fat brioche . |
| 20 | She did not pause for an answer , but bent down and snatched up a roll of paper which she had placed on the floor beside her when she first sat down . |
| 21 | She turned away abruptly and snatched up a glass of champagne as a waiter passed by with a tray of brimming glasses . |
| 22 | Then as a waiter passed by bearing a laden tray , he reached out swiftly and snatched up a glass of champagne . |
| 23 | Harbury snatched up a glass of wine and took it to her . |
| 24 | Vologsky sucked up a mouthful of saliva , and spat full in Kirov 's face . |
| 25 | my three wishes sucked up a chimney of flame . |
| 26 | Lorton pulled the paint-scraper along the window-sill ; the blade bit too deeply , and he gouged out a sliver of wood . |
| 27 | He drew out a sheet of paper , unfolded it on the bar and leaned back as Wickham and Marshall read the note and signature . |
| 28 | He drew out a piece of parchment from beneath his cloak and Cranston almost snatched it from his hand . |
| 29 | Evelyn let out a gasp of delight which she just managed to turn into a disillusioned sob . |
| 30 | Robyn let out a screech of frustration and stared down at her clothes . |